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Why is vitamin b used in energy drinks.
It s one of eight b vitamins that help the body convert the food you eat into glucose which gives you energy.
Niacin vitamin b3 the first laboratory isolation of vitamin b3 occurred during research studies of tobacco in the 1930s hence niacin is also known as nicotinic acid niacin is important in energy production.
Likewise energy drinks containing vitamin b12 don t necessarily provide you with more b12 than you would eat in an average day anyways.
Energy drink companies love to pump your body full of b vitamins.
However the b vitamins themselves do not give you energy.
As a group the b vitamins which include eight vitamins total help metabolize the food you eat into energy.
Not all flavors of sobe drinks contain b vitamins but the lifewater b energy black cherry dragonfruit is a significant source of niacin pantothenic acid and vitamin b 6.
Similarly many night shift workers use energy drinks to help them fulfill job requirements during hours when most people are sound asleep.
Vitamin b 12 or cobalamin is a nutrient you need for good health.